The Beatles’ Music on TV
The most recent Mad Men episode licensed the Beatles “Tomorrow Never Knows,” which proved, despite the price, to be a brilliant move,
Life After The New Bomb Turks
Some time back I was in Barnes & Noble and a book jumped off the shelf at me. I was enjoying thumbing
Bill Hicks on David Letterman
Outspoken stand-up comedian Bill Hicks was invited to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman on October 1, 1993. Though he
The Droogs
Early in their career, the garage/psych band The Droogs released a single entitled “Ahead of My Time,” an appropriate theme song for
Trippy Films: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
This is the second in a series of posts on movies with psychedelic themes, discussing the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, published in 1974, describes a 1968 motorcycle trip by the book’s author, Robert Pirsig,
Pink Moon
“Pink Moon,” the title track from the 1972 album by Nick Drake, is one of those songs that stays with you. But
The Face of Punk
Rankopedia is a website that believes “everything can be ranked.” One of the more interesting categories is The Biggest Punk Icon of
Bands and Their Board Games
I recently read Bob Mould‘s autobiography See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody. Well, I read the part about
The Umbrella Man
On the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, filmmaker Errol Morris released a short film called The Umbrella